Police officers survey the scene of a car-train collision in Beijing's suburb Shunyi November 3, 2004. The car driver, identified later as Lu Yantao was killed in the accident.

At about 10:55am Wednesday, a passenger train from Beijing to Dandong in northeast China's Liaoning Province was approaching the crossing and rail crossing guards stopped all vehicles and pedestrians for the safe passage of the train, but the car driver suddenly forced his way on the railway, ignoring the guards' warning.

The train crashed into his car and he was killed instantly and the car was destroyed. The passenger train had to stop for 73 minutes, and none of passengers in the train were injured.

(Star Daily November 4, 2004)